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Firefly Aerospace

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commercialFounded 2013
United States
www.fireflyspace.com
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Spaceflight expects the SSO-A mission to launch in the fourth quarter of 2018.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative PlanAug 6, 2018Spaceflight gears up for dedicated Falcon 9 launch

Firefly is actively developing a new, larger version of the Alpha launch vehicle slated to make a first launch in September 2019 from California.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralAug 6, 2018Firefly ‘back in full force’ following last year’s near-death experience

Spaceflight has about 10 rideshare missions planned for 2019.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralAug 6, 2018Spaceflight gears up for dedicated Falcon 9 launch

Noosphere Ventures acquired Firefly Aerospace’s assets in an auction and provided the capital the company currently needs.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralAug 6, 2018Firefly ‘back in full force’ following last year’s near-death experience

Spaceflight planned to launch 97 satellites on several missions, including SSO-A, through the end of 2018.

Mentioned as: spaceflightNarrative GrowthAug 6, 2018Spaceflight gears up for dedicated Falcon 9 launch

Max Polyakov, the founder of Noosphere Ventures, committed to funding Firefly through the first Alpha launch.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralAug 6, 2018Firefly ‘back in full force’ following last year’s near-death experience

Firefly selected Space Launch Complex 2 West (SLC-2W) at Vandenberg via an agreement with the U.S. Air Force to use the pad after the Delta 2’s final launch in mid-September.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralAug 6, 2018Firefly ‘back in full force’ following last year’s near-death experience

Firefly signed a firm launch contract with Surrey Satellite Technology covering up to six Alpha launches from 2020 to 2022 beginning with SSTL’s Carbonite-4 technology demonstration satellite.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipAug 6, 2018Firefly ‘back in full force’ following last year’s near-death experience

Firefly Aerospace opened an office in Ukraine with about 30 people for engineering and design work.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipAug 6, 2018Firefly ‘back in full force’ following last year’s near-death experience

Spaceflight originally planned to perform dedicated rideshare missions on an annual basis starting in the second half of 2017.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralAug 6, 2018Spaceflight gears up for dedicated Falcon 9 launch

Lockheed Martin received $31,000,000 from the UK Space Agency to support the United Kingdom's new spaceflight program.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipJul 17, 2018Clearer picture emerging of the future of “rapid space”

Firefly Aerospace will take over a Vandenberg launch complex currently used by the Delta II after that vehicle’s final flight in September 2018.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative PlanJul 10, 2018Rocket Lab selects four finalists for U.S. launch site

Firefly Aerospace expects to start launching its Alpha rocket from Vandenberg in the third quarter of 2019.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralJul 10, 2018Rocket Lab selects four finalists for U.S. launch site

Primary payloads for Spaceflight’s traditional rideshare missions have typically used sun-synchronous orbit or geostationary transfer orbit.

Mentioned as: SpaceflightTechnical ProductJun 25, 2018Spaceflight signs agreement with Virgin Orbit

Spaceflight agreed to buy the vast majority of capacity on three Rocket Lab Electron launches in late 2018 and 2019.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipJun 25, 2018Spaceflight signs agreement with Virgin Orbit

Spaceflight signed a memorandum of understanding with Virgin Orbit on 2018-06-25 for one flight of Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne air-launch system in 2019.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipJun 25, 2018Spaceflight signs agreement with Virgin Orbit

Tiangong-2 docked with Shenzhou-11 in late 2016 and hosted two astronauts for 30 days, representing China’s longest human spaceflight mission to that date.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralJun 20, 2018China appears to be preparing to deorbit its Tiangong-2 space lab

Spaceflight bought a dedicated Electron launch in 2017 and has not scheduled that mission.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralJun 11, 2018Spaceflight books three Electron rockets

A Canon satellite called CE-SAT-I 2018-03-02 will launch on the third Spaceflight-controlled Electron launch.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative PlanJun 11, 2018Spaceflight books three Electron rockets

Spaceflight Industries raised $150,000,000 in March to fund the first 20 satellites in a planned constellation of 60 satellites.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipJun 11, 2018Spaceflight books three Electron rockets
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